..This article examines the impact on patient experience and utilization of Group Health Cooperative's process of reassigning patients to new physicians as part of their medical home demonstration project...

..This article adds to the literature on the importance of teams in primary care by exploring the barriers and facilitators to establishing high functioning teams during a patient-centered medical home transformation process. ..

..Although coordinating care is a defining characteristic of primary care, evidence suggests that both patients and providers perceive failures in communication and care when care is received from multiple sources...

The Group Health medical home at year two: cost savings, higher patient satisfaction, and less burnout for providers

Sarah DerrettSchool of Health and Social Services, College of Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation, Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA American Medical Association, Chicago ILMed Care 52:S39-47. 2014

..Integrated care supports continuity of care over time, with care that is coordinated within and between settings and is responsive to patients' needs. Currently, little is known about care integration for rural patients...